The Excessive Wondering of Shieva Kleinschmidt

September 28, 2006

When the Sun Says 'Howdy'

I just found out: this spring I'll get to present papers at two APA meetings! I'll be presenting on Many-One Identity and the Trinity at the Pacific APA, and on Time-Travel and Motion at the Central. Nifty, nifty nifty nifty! (I won't be able to attend the Eastern this year because I'll be teaching during winter break, but attending two out of three . . . I think I can live with that!)

It'll be exciting to go back to San Francisco - the last (and currently the only) time I was there was March 26th-30th, 2003, to attend my first Philosophy conference. And my dad went with me. Something semi-amusing: Before that APA meeting, my dad and I were both agnostic about whether I should attempt to become a philosopher; after that meeting, neither of us was agnostic, but for very different reasons! (For those of you concerned: my dad seems to have recovered from the experience as much as can be expected, and thanks you for your prayers and well-wishes.)

I'm looking forward to visiting Chicago as well - I've never been there. Do you think it would be permissible for me to visit the Economics department while I'm in town? Maybe if I email in advance, to see if there are any talks I could attend . . .

Hm, I submitted my paper a significant amount of time before the deadline, so maybe that made a difference? Also, I submitted it electronically, so I got an email confirmation that the paper had been received shortly after I submitted it, and then was told whether it was accepted via email as well. Did you submit your paper online? Maybe the APA only emails (rather than sending letters through the post) in response to electronic submissions?

If you ever find out who the APA ref was, you should give them a hug. I'd give just about anything to get quick turn around. I've never understood why it takes so long to receive word concerning conferences and journal submissions. The waiting is very, very frustrating. At any rate, I'm looking forward to heading back to San Fran as well and hopefully will catch your paper live.